Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum
Includes the following printed circulars: PL Sclater to Fellows defending sale of Jumbo to Barnum; President's Address to General Meeting of Fellows; Circular from Fellows about changing by-laws; Motion by Henry Burdett to change by-laws; Fellows' proxy
Correspondence with G C Sauvage regarding animals for sale including Sitentunga, Reticulated Giraffes, a Brazza Monkey, Waterbuck, Vultures, Gazelles and Canaries
Letters from Edward George Boulenger to Joan Procter regarding Salamander larvae, attendance at Zoological Society of London Scientific Meetings, the purchase of alligators, the transformation of axolotl, snakes for sale, a reference to a crab-eating frog, her exhibition of the batrachia in the public galleries, and the death of reptiles deposited by Joan Procter
Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the sale of animals from Argentina and Chile to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Major H Hendy and George Soper Cansdale regarding the sale of animals from Swaziland to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from William Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price of animals for sale, including lions
Letters from Carl Hagenbeck to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his catalogue of animals for sale to the Zoological Society of London, and an order from the British government for the supply of dromedaries
Letters from George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding Japanese deer for sale at the Zoological Society of London, and a deputation of Swazi Chiefs who would like to visit the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an expedition to the Sandwich Islands, papers on birds of the Sandwich Islands, drawings of a Rail, ornithological exhibitions, the sale of a rhinoceros, his drawing of a rhinoceros to be published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, his Cassowaries at Tring, a transfer of Tragelaphus, Galapagos Tortoises, Eclectus Parrots, Lemurs and Zebras